At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2021, Germany's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 3.0% compared to 2020, reaching 19.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.7%.

Germany ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.2% (from 17.6% in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.